英國小孩:沒有互聯網會感到孤獨和悲傷
“Digital Futures”項目調查了1000名8-16嵗之間的英國兒童,主要問題是有關互聯網對他們生活的影響,結果非常不令人樂觀,青少年對於網絡的依賴程度大大超出想象。66%的12-16嵗間人群樣本表示沒有互聯網會感到“悲哀”,而48%的人表示會寂寞。英國市場研究公司Intersperience還發現iPad是青少年們最看重的移動設備。
這些小用戶中,74%玩遊戯,65%使用互聯網完成功課,一些青少年還喜歡用網絡來“逛街”,對比時尚物品和衣服的價格,年輕用戶在網絡上的活動比成年人範圍更廣。
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British children feel 'sad' without internet connection
By Emma Barnett, Digital Media Editor
British children under the age 12 feel ‘sad’ without an internet connection, a new study has found.
新的研究表明,12嵗以下英國兒童,沒有互聯網會感到悲傷
Forty-nine per cent of British children aged 12 and under, would be sad without access to the web, while one in five would be lonely.
如果沒有互聯網的鏈接,49%的12嵗以下英國兒童會感到悲傷,1/5的人會有孤獨感。
The ‘Digital Futures’ project, which surveyed 1,000 young people in the UK between the ages of eight and 16 about the impact of the internet on their lives, found that the emotional attachment to the web was even stronger with teenagers.
Sixty per cent of those aged between 12 and 16, said they would be “sad” without a web connection, while 48 per cent said they would be lonely.
The poll, carried out by British research firm, Intersperience, also found that two-year olds also dominate the family iPad and teenagers are the heaviest users of mobile devices.
Intersperience chief executive Paul Hudson said: “The fact that children have a strong emotional attachment to the internet is often regarded as a negative thing but in fact it is perfectly natural for a generation whose social life is largely online. It’s equivalent to taking a phone away from older people, they’d feel sad and lonely too.”
Children under the age of 12 emerged as ‘sophisticated internet users’ with 74 per cent playing online games, 65 per cent using the internet for homework and more than a third going online to look for things to buy or sell. In a cost-conscious climate, young teens are also using the web to check prices for clothes or other fashion items.
Hudson added: “We matched the results against our Digital Selves research on adult behaviour and it shows that even eight to 11 years olds perform a wider daily range of tasks online than grown-ups. Adults may be concerned about the strong emotional connection kids have to the internet today but our study shows that far from losing the art of conversation, children still prefer chatting to their friends in person.”
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